James R Keene's Picturesque Life and Racing Empire
James R. Keene, famed Wall Street tactician and ardent racehorse owner, built a $2,000,000 turf record from 1898 to 1908 with horses trained by James Rowe. He influenced racing, paid for information, and shaped late 19th to early 20th century finance and sport, including a notable Gould Feud episode.
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Mr. Keene
James Rowe
Sum Wor
Jay
James RK. Keene
Kee
Wall
Hughes
Keene
Domino
Peter Pan
Colin
Sysonby
Commando
Ballot
Celt
Sweep
Bank of California
Pacific
James R Keene
New York
Europe
Lake Erie Battle Centenary Hopefuls Spark Local Interest
James A. Edgerton surveys 1813 events as era turning points from Napoleon’s fall to steam locomotive beginnings. He notes Lake Erie and Perry’s daring voyage, urges a 1913 centenary celebration with ceremonies in Erie Pennsylvania and Put-in-Bay, while recalling US population, frontier life, and allied powers shaping the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Edgerton
America
Lake Erie
Atlantic
Napoleon
Elba
George Stephenson
Louis XIV
Ancient History Societies
Thirteen Clubs
United States
Vermont
Kentuky
Ohio
Louisiana
Tennessee
Louisiana Purchase
Allegheny Mountains
Washington
New York City
Perry
Eric
in-Bay
William Henry Harrison
Oliver Hazard Perry
Commodore Perry
Elliott
Street Railway Schedules and 1813 War Reflections
The article lists streetcar timetables for Main Line Glade Run P and E station Conewango avenue and Warren Sheffield routes with hourly and halfhour departures, plus special cars to Clarendon and Jamestown. It then shifts to a historical overview of 1813 battles and Perry’s Lake Erie victory, noting naval feats and early locomotive ideas by George Stephenson.
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Conewango Avenue
Main Line
Laurel Street Loop
Warren
Sheffield
Clarendon
Official Directory and State Health Officials Listed
Long roster of federal state and local officeholders with names, titles, and jurisdictions. Includes President Taft and cabinet, state education board members, Warren County health officers, and town and city officials across multiple districts.
Costermonger term traced to Edward I shop sellers
The London Standard notes costard apples now in shops and explains the term costermonger derived from costardmonger used for street sellers in Edward I's household accounts. The piece ties the modern name costermonger and its shortened form coster to historic trade.
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London Standard
Conjurer Confesses Trick Error In Card Illusion
In a Punch cartoon a conjurer claims the ace of spades was chosen and tied in a handkerchief, then produced from a hat. The volunteer apologizes, saying it was a mistake as the queen of clubs is revealed in the act.
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Princeton
Woodrow Wilson
Dolly
Timié
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Broll
James Robert Keene
Wallstreet
G Fee
Robin Hood
Gould
Jay Gould
Broadway
Mr. Gould
House of Keene
Ross Bonheur
Fifth Avenue
Forty-seventh Street
Jim Keene
J. R Selover
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Iler
Caesar
Russia
Moscow
Ney
Paris
Prussia
Austria
England
Sweden
Lutzen
Bautzen
Dresden
Blucher
Leipzig
Nelson
Harrison
American Press Association
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William Henry
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Conewango Line
North Warren Line
North Warren
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Jamestown
Frenchtown
Canada
York
Toronto
Montreal
Britain
Resolution
Shannon
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James Monroe
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Albert Gallatin
Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Killingworth
Official Directory
William H. Taft
James S. Sherman
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Franklin McVeagh
Illinois
Henry L. Stimson
Geo. W. Wickersham
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Navy
Geo. Voo L. Meyer
Interior
W. L. Fish
Agriculture
James Wilson
Iowa
Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagel
Missouri
U. S
Ed. R. Allen
Curtis M. Shawkey
Congress
Peter M. Speer
Oil City
Venango
Earl H. Beshlin
State Government
John K. Tener
John Reynolds
Commonwealth
Robert McAfee
Jedd
M. M. Hampton
State Education Board
M. G. Brumbaugh
Philadelphia
David B. Oliver
Pittsburg
George M. Phillips
West Chester
John S. Billing
Erie
William M. Coughlin
Wilkes-Barre
N. C. Shaeffer
Warren County Officers
W. D. Hinckley
John Siggins
Joseph Walkerman
H. M. Putnam
L. M. Neely
Orphans’ Court
F. A. Wood
Daneila A. Wilder
Henry Park
W.G Tate
Frank J. Lyons
W. B. Weed
S. G. Ward
Tipstaves
N. P. Belnap
W. T. Allison
C. A. Love
A. C. Mook
KB. E. Thompson
S. A. Cramer
George F. Yates
C. C. Cooper
W. J. Farnsworth
Mac Alney
John Linstrum
J. H. Driscoll
Geo. A. DeForest
D. F. A. Wheelock
C.s.knapp
M. V. Ball
Farmington
Pine Grove
Conewango
Elk
Pleasant
H. J. Bierce
Columbus
Freehold
A. J. Damon
Spring Creek
Pittsfield
H. J. Spencer
Sugar Grove
John Spencer
Chandlers Valley
Kinzua
Corydon
C. R. Morrison
Brokenstraw
R. H. McDowell
Youngsville
Deerfield
Watson
Triumph
Limestone
KE. T. Morris
Tidioute
Eldred
South West
W. M. Maultby
Grand Valley
Mead
Cherry Grove
C. EK. Allen
Warren Boro
Burgess
Herbert G. Maton
A. J. Hazeltine
John Smith
William Schnur
John Berdine
N. H. Spencer
de Forest A. Wheelock
J EB. Wheeler
A. W. Mumford
Edwin F. Baker
Yes Stone
Hepburn
A. Mintzer
George J. Murbauk
Frank Clark
John Williams
R. L. Kerr
John Wards
A. Oss
John Schueltz
O. P. Nichols
S. Holmberg
T. O. Hazen
W. Oneil
Frank G. Schuler
Board OF Health
C. W. Schmehl
M. D
J. W. Wiggins
W. Schmehl
M. D. Health Oficer
Board of School Directors
George E. Colvin
Earl McDonald
M. M. Dunham
E. L. Corah
Earle McDonald
J. C Russell
J. H. Alexander
Norman H. Spencer
Earl V. MacDonald
E. L Corah
M M. Dunham
EK. L. Corah
Geo. E. Colvin
Ja. Alexander
J. C. Russell
A. E. Sisson
Chas. F. Wright
Henry Houck
Nathan S. Schaeffer
Thos. J. Stewart
Samuel A. McCulloch
J. A. Ber
Glade, Pleasant, Elk and
M. V. Bah
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